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[NoOp]

On 02/12/2009 01:19 AM, John wrote:
> NoOp wrote:
>> On 02/09/2009 09:14 AM, John wrote:
>>
>>   
>>>>   
>>>>       
>>> Thanks, NoOp.
>>>
>>> POP Port 1065: fires up on startup.
>>> SMTP Port 1066: fires up on startup.
>>> IMAP: disabled.
>>>
>>> Also changed account settings for one account as above but get a new 
>>> error message:
>>>
>>> 'Sending password did not succeed. Mail server localhost responded: 
>>> negative vibes from .. at hotmail.co.uk'
>>>
>>> Progress, at least!
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>>     
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension
>>
>> Has some items relating to the new hotmail stuff - I only use yahoo.
>>
>> I found that for Yahoo I had to put in the full name at yahoo.com rather
>> than just name. Make sure that you have the full username at hotmail.co.uk
>> in *both* your POP and SMTP settings.
>>
>> http://webmail.mozdev.org/serversettings.html
>>
>>
>>   
> Thanks for the links, NoOp.
> 
> I presume that since I'm getting a 'Negative Vibes' message, that I am 
> actually getting to the outside world. I would feel happier if I could 
> use ports 110 and 25 as normal rather than switching to ports 1065 and 
> 1066 as recommended earlier. Still, at least I have green indicators on 
> the webmail panel instead of red ones!
> 
> However, the settings I have for the WebMail extension were imported 
> directly from a (working) set up on an old windoze machine, so all the 
> usernames have previously worked.
> 
> The Google group does not say what the Negative Vibes message actually 
> indicates!
> 
> Persevering...
> 
> J
> 

I wouldn't persevere too much... I am getting negative vibes msgs for my
previously working Yahoo connections as well. Seems that these webmail
proxies all seem to have problems; you/we are afterall leaching off of a
service that is meant for http access anyway & serving up ad's for those
free services are how they pay for it.
  So, I've just dumped all of the webmail extensions et al off of my
systems & figure that if I really want pop access to a free Yahoo
account (I don't) I'll fork out the $20 a year for the plus option...
$20 a year is certainly cheaper than the time that it takes to mess with
webmail etc.